воспретить
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic въспрѣтити (vŭsprětiti). By surface analysis, вос- (vos-) + прети́ть (pretítʹ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vəsprʲɪˈtʲitʲ]
Verb
воспрети́ть • (vospretítʹ) pf (imperfective воспреща́ть)
- (officialese) to forbid, to prohibit [with accusative ‘something’ and dative ‘to someone’; or with dative ‘someone’ and infinitive ‘to do something’]
Usage notes
The verb воспрети́ть (vospretítʹ) is often described as dated, while its past passive participle is still often used and holds a firmer, more official meaning than that of запрети́ть (zapretítʹ), connoting a more inviolable rule that cannot be questioned.
Conjugation
Conjugation of воспрети́ть (class 4b(-щ-) perfective transitive)
| perfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | воспрети́ть vospretítʹ | |
| participles | present tense | past tense |
| active | — | воспрети́вший vospretívšij |
| passive | — | воспрещённый vospreščónnyj |
| adverbial | — | воспрети́в vospretív, воспрети́вши vospretívši |
| present tense | future tense | |
| 1st singular (я) | — | воспрещу́ vospreščú |
| 2nd singular (ты) | — | воспрети́шь vospretíšʹ |
| 3rd singular (он/она́/оно́) | — | воспрети́т vospretít |
| 1st plural (мы) | — | воспрети́м vospretím |
| 2nd plural (вы) | — | воспрети́те vospretíte |
| 3rd plural (они́) | — | воспретя́т vospretját |
| imperative | singular | plural |
| воспрети́ vospretí |
воспрети́те vospretíte | |
| past tense | singular | plural (мы/вы/они́) |
| masculine (я/ты/он) | воспрети́л vospretíl |
воспрети́ли vospretíli |
| feminine (я/ты/она́) | воспрети́ла vospretíla | |
| neuter (оно́) | воспрети́ло vospretílo | |
Related terms
- воспреще́ние (vospreščénije)
- воспрети́ться (vospretítʹsja), воспреща́ться (vospreščátʹsja)